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Barcelona will not sign Julián Álvarez / Okdiario
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Deco confirms FC Barcelona's offer for Julián Álvarez Deco has explained that FC Barcelona structured its proposal to pay the signing over three years, which would have entailed making six payments, one every six months. The sports director also stated that he sent the offer to Mateu Alemany, Atlético's sports director. The issue for Barça was that this proposal never received a response. According to the account of the Barcelona executive, the club formally presented its conditions, and subsequently Atlético publicly announced that they had no intention of letting go of Julián Álvarez. The disagreement between both entities resulted in differing versions during the summer. Atlético questioned Barcelona's way of acting, while Deco denies that Barcelona made any irregular maneuvers to try to take the player from Madrid. It is also refuted that FC Barcelona asked Álvarez to publicly express himself to force a departure. The Argentine ended up staying at Atlético once the market closed on September 1, thus definitively shelving the operation for this window. Image: Julián Álvarez will not sign for Barcelona Julián Álvarez offered a different profile for the attack The interest in Julián Álvarez was in response to a specific need within the sports planning. Barça had lost Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres and was looking for new pieces to reorganize its attack during the 2026/27 season. Gabriel Jesus finally arrived, although Deco made it clear that the Brazilian does not exactly match the profile Barcelona was seeking with Álvarez. Hansi Flick has also used Raphinha as a striker and counts on Hamza as a closer alternative to the area's number nine. The initial offensive performance has reduced the urgency. Barça started the season with 22 goals in their first five official matches, with Raphinha taking on a more central role within Flick's system. Álvarez, on the other hand, continues to compete with Atlético in LaLiga and faces the season after the Madrid team closed off any possibility of a transfer. In the last Champions League, he scored 10 goals and five assists in 15 matches, figures that explain why he remained a priority for Barcelona's sports management. Deco considers the market closed and the episode finished, so there is currently no ongoing negotiation. The next step will depend on whether FC Barcelona renews its interest in Julián Álvarez in future windows and especially if Atlético changes its stance, which this summer prevented any progress on the presented offer.🗣️ Does Barça need a '9'? 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨 analyzes the situation: "The idea was already for Raphinha to play as a '9'. Gabriel is the closest to a nine near the area and we count on Hamza, who is a player for the future."
— Diario SPORT (@sport) September 10, 2026
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